Job 38:4

Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

In Context

3Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

5By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

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Cross References

Job 15:7Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

Psalms 102:25\102:24\I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations:

Psalms 104:5He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

Proverbs 8:22The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.

Proverbs 30:4Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

Hebrews 1:10You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

Matthew Henry on Job 38:2-4

God Answers Out of the Whirlwind. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Let us observe here, 1. Who speaks— The Lord, Jehovah, not a created angel, but the eternal Word himself, the second person in the blessed Trinity, for it is he by whom the worlds were made, and that was no other than the Son of God. The same speaks here that… Read the whole commentary →

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